Law Offices

IN-HOUSE CLINICS

Please check back here for the lottery results and the
list of students who have been chosen to participate in
the Spring 2010 Law Offices In-House Clinic Program.

LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM

What is the Legal Externship Program?

LEP is a 4-credit hour non-graded program which enables
you to extern with a supervising attorney in a wide variety
of legal areas – private or public, civil or criminal. Externships
are available for the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.
Most public sector externships enable you to obtain a 711
license and appear in court.

Students interested in civil law may extern in a wide variety
of places. For example, some have externed at the City of
Chicago Corporation Counsel's Office, Office of the Illinois
Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission, Immigration
Court of the U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue
Service, and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as
major corporations like Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Rush
University Medical Center.

Students interested in criminal law have externed at the
U.S. Attorney's Office, the Office of the Federal Defender,
and at the offices of the State's Attorney and Public Defender
in Cook County as well as the surrounding counties.

Why Extern?

To become a good lawyer and to supplement what you learn
in the classroom, you need practical experience in real-world
legal work. Most students aren't fortunate enough to receive
a paid clerking position — or even a volunteer opportunity
— that teaches what they want to learn. LEP presents a unique
and important opportunity to gain exposure to an area of
the law in which you are interested and helps you significantly
broaden your future employment opportunities.

If you would like more information about externships, please
e-mail Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up an appointment. There are lots of different types
of opportunities in which you might be interested.

LEGAL EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
FOR CREDIT ONLY

Spring 2010 Semester: For Credit Externship
with the Illinois Department of Insurance

The Illinois Department of Insurance is charged with protecting
the rights of Illinois citizens in their insurance transactions
and monitoring the financial solvency of all regulated entities
through the effective administration and enforcement of
the Illinois Insurance Code, Illinois Pension Code, and
related laws and regulations.

Its Legal Department is seeking an extern to assist the
Director and other senior staff with policy, legislative,
and education/outreach activities. Specifically, the extern
would be responsible for: (1) researching insurance laws
and regulations at federal and state levels; (2) reviewing
and drafting legislative proposals, (3) drafting memoranda
regarding legislative and regulatory proposals, and (4)
assisting in outreach and education efforts.

Candidates with an interest in insurance law and those
who would be willing to stay with the Department for more
than one semester are preferred. If you are interested in
applying, please submit a cover letter, writing sample,
resume and transcript to:

Externs will perform legal research and draft legal memoranda
on various questions posed by the General Counsel's staff
in many areas, including professional liability and contracting.
Externs will also help in drafting policies and procedures
and will gain knowledge in many health care regulatory matters,
including but not limited to Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA,
tax-exemption, conflicts of interest and research compliance.

To apply, interested students should send a cover letter,
resume and writing sample by Friday, December 4, 2009
to:

Ms. Maria J. Pekar
Assistant General Counsel
Loyola University Health System
Office of the General Counsel
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153

The Department of Enforcement of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is currently seeking interested
first, second and third year law students to apply for its
Externship Program for the 2010 Spring semester. The selected
student will work approximately 12-15 hours a week from
January 2010 through May 2010 and must receive school credit
to be eligible to participate in the Program.

The Department of Enforcement was created through the consolidation
of NASD and the member regulation, enforcement, and arbitration
functions of the NYSE. It is the largest non-governmental
regulator for all securities firms doing business in the
United States and is dedicated to investor protection and
market integrity through effective and efficient regulation.

The Externship Program for the Department of Enforcement
is designed for students who have an interest in securities
law and regulation. Externs will perform research, writing,
investigative work and analysis as part of preliminary and
formal investigations being conducted by FINRA. These investigations
cover all areas of the securities industry including customer-initiated
sales practice complaints, market manipulation, insider
trading, member firm financial operations and trading violations.
Externs will attend hearings and depositions over the course
of the semester.

Interested students should submit a resume no later than
Monday, November 23, 2009 to:

Exciting opportunity with the Worker's Compensation Litigation
Unit of the Cook County State's Attorneys Office, Civil
Division. The extern will assist in those matters and cases
leading to and currently in litigation. Students who are
eligible for a 711 license will also have the opportunity
for in-court experience.

Equip for Equality (EFE) is a private nonprofit, statewide
organization whose mission is to advance the human and civil
rights of people with disabilities. EFE provides legal representation
in individual cases, and engages in impact litigation and
public policy advocacy seeking systemic change. Externs
can work in one of three programs: (1) Special Education
Clinic – assisting families with obtaining the education
and support that their children with disabilities need;
(2) Abuse Investigation Unit – investigating abuse and neglect
of people with disabilities and providing individual assistance
and advocating for systemic change; and (3) Community Living
Team – representing people with disabilities on a wide range
of issues, including discrimination, community integration
and self-determination.

Interested students should submit a resume and cover letter
to Barry Taylor via e-mail at barryt@equipforequality.org.
The cover letter should indicate your preference, if any,
for one of EFE's three legal programs.

Please contact Professor Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if you are accepted or for more information about this externship
opportunity.

Summer 2010 Semester: Externships with
U.S. Attorney's OfficeNorthern District of Illinois

If you are interested in exposure to and possible participation
in federal trial and appellate practice while assisting
the U.S. Attorney's Office in handling its multitude of
important cases, please pick up an application in Room 612
from Carole Ross, administrative assistant to Professor
Gross.

Completed applications must be received at the Office of
the U.S. Attorney by Thursday, December 31, 2009.
The reason for this accelerated date is because each accepted
extern must go through a security clearance, which takes
several weeks.

To receive law school credit for this externship, should
you be selected by the U.S. Attorney's Office, you must
enroll in the law school's Legal Externship Program. Externship
applications for Summer 2010 will be available in mid-March.

Professor Gross will be happy to answer any questions you
may have about either the Legal Externship Program and/or
the externship position with the U.S. Attorney's Office.